Upcoming Lancet Global Health Network 2008 reports include:

HIV prevention:

This report will critically review the decisive shift in emphasis that is required if the AIDS pandemic is to be controlled successfully in the developed and developing world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Conducted in collaboration with scientists at UNAIDS and academic centres worldwide, the final report will be published immediately before the International AIDS Society’s HIV conference in Mexico City in August 2008.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Pamela Das)

China:

This report is being completed in collaboration with the China Medical Board and will look at the wide range of health system challenges facing China over the next decade. The report will be launched in Beijing after the Olympics this summer.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr William Summerskill)

India:

Conducted in alliance with leading Indian public-health scientists and policy makers, this report will examine present predicaments and future prospects for India’s rapidly developing and diverse health system.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Pamela Das)

Pakistan:

In collaboration with research centres and non-governmental organisations in Pakistan, this report will investigate the future trajectory of health reforms in this strategically important Asian state.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Pamela Das)

Primary Health Care:

To be released in advance of the thirtieth anniversary of Alma Ata, this report will analyse community-based interventions that can improve maternal and child health, and chronic diseases.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Jane Godsland)

Trade and Health:

This report will examine the links between international trade and health in low and middle-income countries, the role of global trade institutions in protecting health and the possibilities for the health community in shaping trade policy.

(The Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Rhona MacDonald)

The Lancet will also be publishing briefer reports updating our past work on:
Child Survival
Human Rights for Health
Research for Health

The launch of this network coincides with two other new Lancet initiatives. In the first, The Lancet will collaborate with the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to track global health trends. The second initiative sees The Lancet launching a joint Commission with University College London, UK, to study and report on managing the health effects of climate change. The annual The Lancet-UCL Lecture in Global Health will take place in the final quarter of this year.